Fountain-pen.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

A. B. DAVIS.

FOUNTAIN PEN.

APPLIOATION FILED DEO.1. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED B. DAVIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALE TO ERNEST H. CHASE, OF PHIL- ADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,759, dated August 2, 1904.

Application filed December 1,1903. Serial No. 183,373. (No model.)

it y 007M387? fitting within it a pen 7) and a substantially Be it known that I, ALFRED B. DAVIS, a citicylindrical plug 6, preferably of cork or other Zen of the United States, residing in Philadelsuitable material, which serves to hold said 50 phia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Impen in position. A feeder 6 having its end 5 provements in Fountain-Pens, of which the bent, as indicated at I), is confined between following is a specification. the plug and the pen and is, though not neces- My invention relates to certain improvesarily, fixed to said plug by means of one or ments in the detail construction of fountain- I more pins 6*. 55

pens, having for its object the provision of a It will be noted that the feeder b is of flat novel formation and arrangement of parts, material and is placed to be against the conwhich while being of such a nature as to not cave under side of the pen, thereby providing easily get out of order shall be so made that a channel between itself and said pen for the its members are readily removable for cleanoutflow of ink. The downwardly-bent por- 60 ing or inspection. tion I) of said feeder rests against the rear A further object of the invention is to proface of the plug 1', so that the removal of the vide a fountain-pen including a filling-piston, latter is assured whenever the feeder is rewhich shall be of such a construction that it moved and that without danger of loosening will not be likely to be rendered inoperative the means whereby said feeder is held to the 5 by a thickening or gumming of the ink used. plug, the function of the downwardly-bent It is also desired that the feeder for the pen end in this case being to prevent strain upon shall be of such a construction as to be easy the pins comprising said means when the plug to remove for cleaning, while at the same time is withdrawn from the case by pulling outbeing efficient under working conditions. wardly upon the pen and the feeder. 70

These objects I attain as hereinafter set The piston D preferably consists of an in- 2 5 forth, reference being had to the accompanyternal rod (1, having fixed to it a head d of ing drawings, in which slightly less diameter than the bore of the case Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional eleva- A, and there is fitting over said rod a tubular tion of a fountain-pen, showing my invention section (Z having an enlarged end portion (Z 75 as applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a perspective which projects outside ofthe main portion of 3 View of a modification of the feeder and the the case A, but within the part A. This tupiece for holding said feeder and pen in place bular portion is preferably formed of hard in the end of a fountain-pen. rubber and is removably connected to the rod In the above drawings; A represents the (Z, so that a body of packing, leather, rubber, 0 case of a fountain-pen, having a cylindrical &c., may be confined between its forward end bore and provided at its rear end with a screwand the piston-head (1, as indicated at d.

threaded portion a, the bore at said end being When it is desired to fill the pen, the cap A reduced by an internal flange a. is removed, and with the forward end of the A is a continuation of the case A and is pen and easing immersed in ink the piston is 5 provided with internal screw-threads, so that slowly pulled outwardly, thereby drawing 4 it may be screwed upon the threaded portion said ink into the case through the passage bea of the case, it being noted that said cap A tween the pen and the feeder b I/Vhen the is closed at its rear end, while the case A is piston has been drawn rearwardly until furopen at both ends when considered independther movement is stopped by the flange a, 9 ently of the apparatus described hereinafter. the cap A is replaced and the pen is ready for The forward end of the case is slightly tause. Should the ink feed slowly or imperpered for the reception of a projecting cap, fectly at any time while the pen is in use, its (indicated in dotted lines,) and this end has flow may be compelled or hastened bya slight inward motion of the piston, although-ordinarily this is not necessary, as the ink will usually feed under the influence of gravity. The rearward motion of the piston is limited by the flange a, as above noted, which prevents its being withdrawn from the case in the event of its being moved rearwardly to too great an extent. Should it be desired to clean the device, both pen and feeder are grasped by the fingers and pulled away from the body of the case, thus also removing the cork plug and permitting free access to the interior of the case. It will be noted that the cleaning may 'be materially assisted by the use of the piston,

which can readily be manipulated, so as to thoroughly remove any solid particles which may have been deposited from the ink.

By providing the small tube-section d fit by use of this construction to employ a form of packing which could not otherwise be employed, unless the head (23 of the piston-rod were screwed onto said rod, which eonstruction would increase the cost of the device as well as weaken it.

I claim as my invention' 1. In a fountain-pen the combination of a casing open at its forward end and provided with a pen, a feeder for the pen and a piece closing said forward end of the casing, said feeder having means for positively engaging said piece, said means being capable of transmitting motion from the feeder to the piece, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a fountain-pen, of a casing having an opening in its forward end, a substantially cylindrical plug therein, a

feeder fixed to said plug, and a pen adjacent to said feeder, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a fountain-pen of a plug normally serving to partially close one end of same, a pen, a feeder adjacent thereto, said feeder having a projecting portion formed to positively engage the plug, substantially as described.

4. The combination in a fountain-pen of a casing having its forward end open, a substantially cylindrical plug fitted into said casing, afeeder adjacent to the plug and having its rear end formed so as to positively engage the rear face of said plug and capable of transmitting motion thereto, with a pen confined between said feeder and the case,substantially as described.

. 5. The combination in a fountain-pen of a casing having a substantially cylindrical bore, a pen having means provided to retain it in one end of the casing and a piston within said casing, said piston including a head portion and a rod fixed thereto, a tubular portion fitting over said rod and extending substantially the entire lengththereo'fiwith abody of material confined between the piston-head and said tubular portion, substantially as described.

6. The combination in a fountain-pen of a cylindrical casing having a pen in one end, a cap for the other end of the casing, an inwardly-projecting flangeat the cap end of the casing and a piston movable within the easing, said flange being placed to limit the rearward motion of said piston, substantially as described.

7. In a fountain-pen,. the combination of a casing having a substantially cylindrical bore, a cap for said casing, a pen and a piston, said piston including a rod having fixed to it a head, a tubular portion extending over the greater portion of said rod and having upon its rear end a head portion with a body of ma' terial in engagement with the interior walls of the casing and confined between the pistonhead and the forward end of said tubular portion, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED B. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, J os. H. KLEIN. 

